I love android, never owned an iphone, i know tha iphone works flawlessy, but its not as cusomizeable like andoid os. I really enjoy that about android. i would consider buying the iphone just to seek refuge from all the bugs and quirks of android. if i ever get an iphine i would jailbreak it. and from what i understand, you can un-jailbreak an iphone easily to prep it for warranty exchange. Its almost a tie for me. I know about 5 years from now android will be more stable. if android had 1 dedicated device with powerfull processor, like iphone that would work seemlelsy with future os upgrades like iphone does, then that people, would be the 1 device that will rule them all. I see people withe 1st gen iphones running current version of iphone os. thats heavy. my eris will not be able to sustain itself within the next two years i dont think. samsung galaxy s looks very promising, especially when it gets rooted. i dont know what evo is capable of other than 4g, but i can only see android get better. If iphone does not innovate, then theyll have to start filing more lawsuits against other manufactures using android os. my conclusion is that apple will make their os more open source and stay ahead of all the competition. Is there anyone else out there who is actually getting tired of the iphone os ui? Ive installed many iphone themes on my phone previously and am getting tired of it. Im starting to really like the android icon set (with the exception of a few iphone icons).
I see what you're saying, but people assume that the iPhone will just stay at a standstill while Android move ahead. It is possible, yes, but you have to assume that, theoretically, all businesses are about improving technology which will, in turn, increase profit.
There are dinosaurs today that are still living in their past successes. RIM and WinMo immediately come to mind. Android is the latest and greatest thing on the market right now. You tried to predict the state of Android in five years? You can't. No one can. No one can predict its state tomorrow. A lawsuit here, faulty hardware there can all bring Android flat on its green ass.
And that's what I don't understand. Why people feel that because Android is backed by Google it will never fail. Um, really? WinMo is made by M$. It hasn't failed, but it sure as hell isn't doing great right now. If Google pumps the money M$ pumps into WinMo, it too can stay alive for years. But will it be good?
Google is very innovative. Just like Apple is. They tweak the nipples of industry standards and poop on those that claim their product is a failure. The iPad was announced a few weeks ago. Remember everyone and their mama was an industry analyst? "Oh, the iPad is gonna fail. Where is its niche? Where's its market?"
Look at it now. In a year, everyone will have one. Apple products rarely fall on their asses. "Overpriced" Macbooks are still bought left and right by students, forget about the professionals that actually use them for real things.
All I'm saying is rumor has it HTC is coming out with a new OS, PalmOS is about to be bought, etc. Anything can happen. People are just too narrow-minded to admit Apple makes good stuff. Of course it isn't like Android. If it was, it'd ****ing be called "Android."
WinMo and RIM need to just slowly phase themselves out. We need new faces in the game.
